The Jazz Singer, The Real 1st Best Picture
The first Academy Awards Ceremony on Thursday May 16, 1929, lasted only 15 minutes and honored only silent films. It was the last Academy Awards to do so as the invent…
Best Stunts of the Year List 1920-1929
Here is the list for the Best Movie Stunts for the Decade 1920-1929 as listed in the book, 100 Years of the Best Movie Stunts! 1920: The Mark of Zorro…
Buster Keaton and Steamboat Bill Jr.
It’s an iconic image, a cyclone ravages a small town and blows the front of the building down. As it falls, a man (Buster Keaton) walking away from the…
Buster Keaton and Sherlock Jr.
Comedy director Leo McCarey, recalling the freewheeling days of making slapstick comedies, said, “All of us tried to steal each other’s gagmen. But we had no luck with Keaton, because he thought…
Best Stunts of The Year List 1913-1919
The future versions of this list will be a decade list of the top stunts of every year as listed in the book, 100 Years of the Best Movie…
Vaudeville
Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment. It was especially popular in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. A typical vaudeville…
Buster Keaton In Oh, Doctor!
Now here’s stunt you just have to see to believe! It’s just that cool. Sometimes simplicity and finesse are all that’s needed for a very effective and very cool…